Jo, who defeated Shooto champion Mikihito
Yamagami in his February promotional debut, went up against
fellow Korean youngster Min Jong
Song in the show’s main event at Park Chung Hee Gymnasium in
Gumi, South Korea. The flyweights spent much of the evenly matched
first round clinched on the fence, jockeying for position and
exchanging knees to the body. Both men scored takedowns but neither
could capitalize off of the quick scrambles which followed.

Although Song succeeded in bringing the fight back to the ground at
the start of round two, his top position was nullified by Jo’s
guard activity, as “The Running Man” had his head thumped with
short punches and palm strikes from underneath. When Jo got back to
his feet, he walked down Song with front kicks and heavy hooks
before trying a guillotine choke and hitting a takedown to close
the frame.

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Nam Jin Jo claimed Road FC gold.

Clinch work dominated the third round, with Jo spending much of the
final five minutes roughing up Song against the cage. Jo sealed the
deal by reversing a late takedown and controlling Song for the last
60 seconds of the bout. When the official result was announced as a
split decision for Jo, the Busan Team M.A.D. fighter had to be held
up by the referee before collapsing in a heap of screams and
tears.

Yoon threatened with a jump-guard guillotine in the opening minute,
but Fukuda freed himself and then thwarted the Korean’s sneaky
throws in close quarters. One such botched takedown attempt put
Yoon on his knees, where he was overpowered and mounted by Fukuda.
The Grabaka fighter clubbed a fetal Yoon with punches from back
mount which forced a stoppage -- and silenced the partisan crowd --
at the 3:36 mark.

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Fukuda pounded Yoon to a stoppage win.

Brazilian lightweight Bruno
Miranda showcased the skills he’s been honing at Thailand’s
Tiger Muay Thai camp in his meeting with the more experienced
Kwang
Hee Lee. The 24-year-old Brazilian mixed takedowns with heavy,
accurate punches and low kicks, remaining focused even as Lee
mugged and clowned. A perfectly placed step-in knee to Lee’s
ribcage ended the fight, as “Crazy” crumbled to the canvas in agony
at 4:29 of round one.

A kickboxer by trade, Kimura had no answer for Song’s ground game,
which included ground-and-pound from full mount and armbar attempts
in the opening stanza. When Song got another takedown and resumed
the thumping, Kimura’s corner decided to throw in the towel at 2:10
of round two.

In a battle of debuting featherweights from the “Crying Fist”
reality show, Hyung Geun
Park completely overwhelmed Byung Hee
Lim in a two-round rout. Park scored a near-instant takedown to
open the fight, then attached himself to Lim’s back and went
hunting for a rear-naked choke. When that didn’t work, the SSABI
MMA product spent the remaining four minutes of round one bashing
Lim with hammer fists from back and full mount. Aside from an early
guillotine attempt, Lim didn’t fare much better in round two. After
10 minutes of domination, all three judges saw the bout in favor of
Park.